The Varnished Truth

7 Goodgymers helped their local community in Haringey
Mark
Edward Barrett
Niamh Ni Longain
Dave Mansfield
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Sarah Moore
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Haringey

Wednesday 25th June

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Seven Goodgymmers painted the town red (and green, and yellow...) as they lent a hand to the Friends of Carbuncle Passage for a very colourful new task.

Leave the catcalling to the cats

Our Goodgymmers were excited to be joining the wonderful folk from the Friends of Hartington Park and Carbuncle Passage as they look to transform this throughway connecting Tottenham to the Marshes in the east. A mission right up our street, if you ask us.

We were welcome by Chloe who had kindly provided us with drinks and plenty of paintbrushes and we wasted no time. Niamh, Sarah, and Mark made up Ninja Team A, entrusted with varnishing the lovely artwork that some residents had painted on the fences the previous weekend.

Ninja Team B, aka. Dave, Neil, and Ed, were in turn tasked with sanding and priming a fence for a forthcoming painting sesh. Gramps, as always, made himself busy floating between the two teams and generally trying to avoid any real work.

We painted to our hearts' content while conversation ranged from the unbearable nuisance of catcalling (come on, lads, do better!) to the touching story of the lovely rainbow on the passage. 

It was a lovely evening and Chloe seemed satisfied with our handiwork so we are sure to be visiting the passage again some time soon.


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Friends of Carbuncle Passage
We believe that the passage needs to be ACCESSIBLE so that no one is left behind USED! Increase traffic to reduce anti-social behaviour and increase safety. GREEN - Improve biodiversity of the area creating a green route from the High Road to the Marshes

Carbuncle Passage is one of London’s Lost Rivers; a concrete covered section of the Moselle River. It provides an excellent connection from the Tottenham High Road (at Scotland Green) to the Tottenham Marshes, via Hartington Park and the Tottenham Marshes bridges. It is a neglected and unloved space; fly tipping, littering and dog fouling are common. The threat of more serious crime, both real and perceived, is a barrier to residents using this space or as a route to access Tottenham Marshes

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